SME builders are pressing the chancellor Rishi Sunak to offer a series of important tax cuts to boost employment and address dwindling workloads. The Federation of Master Builders, FMB’s state of the trade survey shows [read more…]
As the world of technology and construction develops, we are edging closer to the future science fiction envisioned. We may not be gliding around on hoverboards quite yet, but if the construction industry is anything [read more…]
The latest Business Distress Index from Real Business Rescue has revealed the number of SME construction companies in significant financial distress now stands at 79,570 – an 11% increase in the last quarter of 2020 [read more…]
In direct response to the housing crisis in the UK and the increased challenges in developers securing funding to build homes – which has been further hindered by the pandemic – property facilitator and network [read more…]
Almost a third of construction firms in the UK have seen an employee move on because their mental wellbeing wasn’t being looked after, with one in five losing a key member of their workforce, according [read more…]
Detailed and realistic pricing is important to avoiding hidden costs and unforeseen delays on site, as James Brett, Managing Director of construction contractor, Edgeley Construction, outlines here. Whatever their project, every client wants the same [read more…]
Last week, the government responded to the 2019 consultation on its Future Homes Standard, confirming that all new homes will have to have low carbon heating and be ‘zero carbon ready’ by 2025; achieving net-zero [read more…]
It is an understatement to say that the industry still needs to make greater strides to bring more women into the construction industry. With data showing that women still comprise only 10% of the construction [read more…]
A new survey of SME[1] decision makers conducted by YouGov on behalf of World Kinect Energy Services has revealed that some construction businesses still need to set sustainability goals to help reduce their carbon footprint [read more…]
Kensa Group CEO, Simon Lomax, has welcomed the Government’s long-awaited response to the recent Part L Future Homes Consultation published on 19th January, which states that from 2025, no new homes will be built with [read more…]
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